Washington was their own worst enemy in the first half against the Cardinals as they fell behind by double-digits early for the second-straight week.
Of course, a certain former Heisman Trophy winner named Kyler Murray tortured the visitors with his arms and his legs, going for 189 yards and a touchdown through the air and adding 41 yards rushing and a touchdown.
Arizona jumped to a 20-0 halftime lead.
In addition to Murray, the problem for Washington: Turnovers, a terrible third-down offense, and defensive miscues.
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Dayne Haskins started 9-16 for 66 yards and was sacked four times. And on the ground, Washington had just 54 yards, with 34 coming from Antonio Gibson on seven carries. The Cardinals averaged 6.8 yards per play to Washington's 3.1
And on third down Ron Rivera’s squad was even worse: Just one conversion on seven attempts.
The Cardinals struck first on a 10-play 48-yard drive capped with a touchdown on a busted coverage from Landon Collins and Fabian Moreau.
However, the defense made a big play to set up the offense in the red zone as Collins atoned for his earlier mistake with an interception.
The deep looks shows how well the safety did to jump the route over the middle.
But after getting to first-and-goal from the 9, Dwayne Haskins was sacked and Washington got nothing from the turnover, after festing on Eagles turnovers in Week 1.
After forcing a Cardinals punt when Jon Bostic grabbed a sack and held the Cardinals to a punt.
The Cardinals took advantage of the turnover and made it 14-0 at the end of the 1st quarter.
After another Washington three-and-out, Murray went deep and safety Troy Apke was beat deep.
That led to a field goal and Washington was down 17-0 for the second-straight week, but Washington’s woes didn’t end there. Looking for an answer they found themselves on the edge of field goal territory on third-and-10. But Haskins took a terrible sack and the punt team was back on the field.
And to make matters worse, starting guard Brandon Scherff went down with an apparent leg injury late in the first half.
A first half to forget for Washington. Again.